Reuters (UK)
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 06:02
In a letter to the U.N. Security Council dated Sept. 19, SNC President Ahmad Jarba said the coalition “reaffirms its willingness to engage in a future Geneva Conference,” according to Reuters News Agency.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 09:24
Hundreds of rebels have pledged allegiance to Al Qaida-affiliated forces in northern and eastern Syria, activists and Islamist sources said on Friday, strengthening the group’s control in the region.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 06:30
Al Qaeda-linked fighters and a rival Syrian rebel group declared a truce on Friday after two days of clashes near the Turkish frontier in which the militant Islamists overran a border town, rebels said.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 08:56
Speaking in Brussels on September 19, Rasmussen welcomed a U.S.-Russian agreement on the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons but said the threat of a military strike was still necessary.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 07:33
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told NBC News on Wednesday that the country will never develop nuclear weapons and that he has the clout to make a deal with the West on the disputed atomic program.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 13:53
Egypt partially reopened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a week after it was closed in response to a deadly attack on an Egyptian military headquarters near the frontier.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:31
Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has applied for a U.S. visa to attend the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the State Department said on Monday, adding that he should not make the trip because he is accused of war crimes.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 06:16
The Salafist al-Nour party, which backed the army's overthrow of the more moderate Islamist Mohamed Mursi from the presidency in July, said it was not quitting the committee but wanted to show its anger.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 06:08
Rouhani told an assembly of IRGC commanders and officials that the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had recommended the military stay out of politics.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 08:25
The Republic of Congo has sent 200 more soldiers to join a peacekeeping force in Central African Republic, which saw an upsurge in violence that killed dozens earlier this month.